By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxers have overnight been given new jerseys after International Olympic Committee (IOC) objected to the lack of the country’s name on the reverse side. “There…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian archer Deepika Kumari bowed out of the Rio Olympics, going down to Taipei’s Ting Tan Ya in the 1/8 Eliminations round of the Women’s Individual category here on…
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed and five others injured in a pipe explosion at a power plant in central China’s Hubei province on Thursday, local authorities said. A high-pressure steam…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Engineering conglomerate Escorts on Thursday announced the divestment of its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and export business of auto product division. According to the company, it has divested its OEM…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday interrogated the brother-in-law of Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma for his alleged involvement in the chit fund scam. The…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) In a setback to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, accused of rape of a minor girl, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant him interim bail on medical grounds. The…
Colombo, Aug 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday approved the establishment of an office to investigate incidents of people gone missing during the 30 years of civil war in the country. The draft bill…
Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) Banking on the initial results of the largest-ever dope-testing exercise in the country, the Punjab Police on Thursday claimed that only around two per cent among thousands of candidates for police…
Dharamsala, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday ended a 10-day meditation course a day in advance and said “he’s energised to overcome challenges”. During the meditation that started on August 2,…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s women badminton pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnapa lost their opening Group A match against the top seeds Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo of Japan in straight…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to increase the maternity leave to 26 weeks from the present 12 weeks. The bill provides for maternity leave of 26 weeks…
Dear politicians, I hope you will read this before you huddle on Friday to discuss the deadly situation in the Kashmir Valley. I am writing to you as a Kashmiri, not a Kashmir expert. Every…
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) A high-pressure steam pipe exploded at a power station in central China on Thursday, killing 21 people, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah, Aug 11 (IANS) Their “Gulf dream” in tatters and facing an uncertain future, the first batch of 25 crisis-hit Indian workers left for New Delhi from the King Abdulaziz International Airport…
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Value buying and short covering aided the Indian equity markets to provisionally close marginally in the green on Thursday. The key indices recovered in the last session of the day’s trade,…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which increases maternity leave from present 12 weeks to 26 weeks was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Thursday began general discussion on the “atrocities against Dalits” in the country under Rule 193. Communist Party of India-Marxist member P.K. Biju from Kerala alleged that…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The central government is seized of the grave issue of encephalitis and taking steps to deal with the challenge, Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda said on Thursday. “We…
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) Seven Uttar Pradesh legislators from three political parties joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. They included Harvinder Kumar Sahni (Palia-Lakhimpur), Bala Prasad Awasthi (Mohammadi-Lakhimpur) and Rajesh tripathi (Chillupar-Gorakhpur) of…
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) will add 5 lakh tonnes annual capacity of bottling plants in West Bengal in the next three years catering to the demand for LPG cylinders under…